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Entry in the
register.
79. When the Registrar is satisfied as to the title of the
person claiming to be registered, he shall cause him to be
registered as proprietor of the trade mark in respect of the
relevant goods, and shall enter in the register his name, trade
or business address and description and particulars of the
assignment or transmission.
Separate
registrations.
80. Where pursuant to an application under regulation 73
or 74 of these Regulations, and as the result of a division and
separation of the goods of a registration or a division and
separa tion of places or markets, different persons become
registered separately under the same official number as
subsequent proprietors of a trade mark, each of the resulting
separate registrations in the names of those different person
shall be deemed to be a separate registration for all purposes
of the Act.
Registrar's
directions for
advertisement
of assignment
without
goodwill of
trade mark in
usc.
81. (1) An application to the Registrar under section 26(4)
of the Act shall be made by the assignee on Form 40 and shall
state the date on which the assignment was made. The
application shall give particulars of the registration in the case
of a registered trade mark, and, in the case of an unregistered
trade mark shall show the mark and give particulars of the
registered trade mark that has been assigned therewith in
accordance wi th section 26(3) of the Act.
(2) The Registrar may call for any evidence of further
information and if he is satisfied with regard to the various
matters he shall issue directions in writing with respect to the
advertisement of the assignment.
(3) A request to the Registrar for an extension of the period
within which the application may be made, which shall be on
Form 41 may be made at any time before or during the period
for which extension can be allowed, but the extension of the
period which the Registrar may allow shall not exceed three
months.
Alteration of Address
82. (I) A registered proprietor or registered user of a trade Alteration of
address iIS changed so that the address
mar k wh osc tra d e or business
usiness address
register. In
entry in the register is rendered incorrect shall forthwith
request the Registrar on Form 19 to make the appropriate
alteration of the address in the register, and the Registrar shall'
alter the register accordingly if he is satisfied in the matter.
(2) A registered proprietor or registered user of a trade
mark whose address for service in Nigeria entered in the
register is changed, whether by dis-continuance of the entered
address or otherwise, so that the entry in the register is
rendered incorrect, shall forthwith request the Registrar on
Form 33 to make the appropriate alteration of the address in
the register, and the Registrar shall alter the register
accordingly if he is satisfied in the matter.